Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) And Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors. on 24 January, 2018
Bench: Chief Justice, A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan
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ITEM NO.501 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Writ Petition (Civil) No.494/2012
JUSTICE K.S. PUTTASWAMY (RETD.) AND ANR. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. Respondent(s)
(With appln.(s) for impleading party, clarification/direction and
intervention)
WITH W.P.(C) No.833/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.932/2013 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.37/2015 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.220/2015 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.231/2016 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.797/2016 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.342/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.372/2017 (X)
W.P.(C) No.841/2015 (X)
W.P.(C) No.1058/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.966/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.1014/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.1002/2017 (PIL-W)
W.P.(C) No.1056/2017 (X)
S.L.P.(Crl) No.2524/2014 (II-A)
T.C.(C) No.151/2013 (XVI -A)
T.C.(C) No.152/2013 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.1797/2013 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.1796/2013 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.313/2014 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.312/2014 (XVI -A)
T.P.(C) No.921/2015 (XVI -A)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.144/2014 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.674/2015 In W.P.(C) No.829/2013 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.470/2015 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.444/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.608/2016 In W.P.(C) No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.844/2017 In W.P.(C)
Signature Not Verified
No.494/2012 (PIL-W)
CONMT.PET.(C) No.34/2018 In W.P.(C)
Digitally signed by
SATISH KUMAR YADAV
Date: 2018.01.27
No.1014/2017
10:49:23 IST
Reason:
Date : 24-01-2018 These petitions were called on for hearing today.
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CORAM :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. SIKRI
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Anish Kumar Gupta, AOR
Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Adv.
Mr. R.K. Rajwanshi, Adv.
Mrs. Rita Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Rajender Kumar Singh, Adv.
Ms. Deepshikha Bharati, Adv.
Ms. Harsha Manav, Adv.
Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Pratap Venugopal, Adv.
Mr. Anuj Sarma, Adv.
Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv.
Ms. Kritika Bharadwaj, Adv.
Ms. Kanika Kalaiyarasan, Adv.
for
M/s. K J John And Co., AOR
Ms. Jyoti Mendiratta, AOR
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Abhishek Atrey, AOR
Mr. Ravinder Lokhande, Adv.
Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, AOR
Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv.
Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv.
Mr. Talha Rahman, Adv.
Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Vipin Nair, AOR
Mr. P.B. Suresh, Adv.
Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. S. Prasanna, Adv.
Ms. Samiksha Godiyal, Adv.
Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Prithu Garg, Adv.
Mr. V.K. Biju, Adv.
Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR
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Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
Ms. Stuti Vatsa, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Adv.
Mr. Kumar Shivam, Adv.
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR
Mr. Koshy John, Adv.
Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Prasanna S., Adv.
Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv.
Mr. Deepayan Mandal, AOR
Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Mr. N. Sai Vinod, Adv.
Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR
Petitioner-in-person
Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Rahul Narayan, AOR
Mr. Apar Gupta, Adv.
Ms. Ananya Ghosh, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv.
Ms. Bhavna Das, Adv.
Mr. Anand Kumar Sethi, Adv.
M/s. Meharia & Company
Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR
Ms. Cheryl D’Souza, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR
Mr. Jaideep Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Subramaniam, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Vaidruti Mishra, Adv.
Ms. Wimbie V.T. Sangma, Adv.
Mr. P. Sriram, Adv.
Gp. Capt. Karan Singh Bhati, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Thiruman, Adv.
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv.
Muhammad Ali Khan, Adv.
Mr. R.V. Prabhat, Adv.
Mr. Vikramaditya Singh, Adv.
Mr. Omar Hoda, Adv.
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Ms. Priyanka Rao, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv.
Mr. Gautam Talukdar, AOR
For Respondent(s) Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG
Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR
Ms. Ankur Talwar, Adv.
Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv.
Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
Ms. Adeeba Mujahid, Adv.
Mr. Rajendra Dangwal, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Palash Maheshwari, Adv.
Mr. Fahad M. Khan, Adv.
Mr. Kano Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv.
Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv.
Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.
Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv.
Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv.
Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv.
Ms. Bina Madhavan, Adv.
Ms. Swati Bhardwaj, Adv.
Mr. Piyush Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Prateek Dhir, Adv.
Ms. Ramandeep Kaur, Adv.
Ms. Shreyasi Kunwar, Adv.
M/s. Lawyer S Knit & Co.
Mr. Amit Meharia, Adv.
Ms. Tannishtha Singh, Adv.
Ms. Aishwarya Kumar, Adv.
Ms. Ayushi Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Akhil Agarwal, Adv.
for
M/s. Meharia & Company, Advs.
Mr. Sajan Poovayya, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Priyadarshi Banerjee, Adv.
Mr. Pratibhanu Sikngh Kharola, Adv.
Mr. Saransh Jain, Adv.
Mr. Madhavam Sharma, Adv.
for
Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR
Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR
Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, AOR
Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR
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Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv.
Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv.
Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv.
Mr. Dinkar Kalra, AOR
Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR
Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR
Mr. Jayant Bhushan, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Kuldeep S. Parihar, Adv.
Mr. H. S. Parihar, AOR
Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR
Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, AOR
Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv.
Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR
Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR
Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Adv.
Ms. Savita Singh, AOR
Mr. Shrutunjay Bhardwaj, Adv.
Ms. Veera Mahuli, Adv.
Mr. Shanu Agrawal, Adv.
Mr. Jayant Mohan, AOR
Mr. Sanjay Kapur, AOR
Ms. Megha Karnwal, Adv.
Ms. Mansi Kapur, Adv.
Ms. Shubhra Kapur, Adv.
Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Adv.
Ms. Rohini Musa, Adv.
Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR
Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR
Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv.
Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Ms. Nitya Madhusoodhanan, Adv.
Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR
Mr. V. G. Pragasam, AOR
Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv.
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Mr. William Vinoth Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sampath Kumar C., Adv.
Mr. Jagjit Singh Chhabra, AOR
Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR
Mr. Mishra Saurabh, AOR
Mr. Manish Vashishtha, AOR
Mr. Anil Grover, Adv.
Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv.
Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR
Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, Adv.
Mr. L. Mohapatra, Adv.
Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR
M/s. Arputham Aruna And Co.
Mr. J.S. Attri, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR
Mr. Suman Rani, Adv.
Mr. Chandra Nand Jha, Adv.
Mr. Varinder Kr. Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv.
M/s. Corporate Law Group
Mr. Aniruddha P. Mayee, AOR
Mr. Avnish M. Oza, Adv.
Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv.
Charudatta Mahindrakar, Adv.
Mr. A Selvin Raja, Adv.
Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR
Mr. Harish Pandey, AOR
Mr. R. Sudhinder, Adv.
Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR
Ms. Amrita Sarkar, Adv.
Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR
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Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR
Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR
Ms. Shodhika Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Sansriti Pathak, Adv.
Mr. Zoheb Hussain, Adv.
Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR
Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR
Intervenor-in-person
Mr. Amit Sharma, AOR
Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv.
Ms. Ayiala Imti, Adv.
Applicant-in-person, AOR
Mr. Nipun Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Navnit Saxena, Adv.
Mr. Devanshu Sajlan, Adv.
Mr. Aditya P. Arora, Adv.
Mr. Rahul Unnikrishnan, Adv.
Ms. Pallavi Pratap, AOR
Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR
Mr. Wills Mathews, Adv.
Mr. Ginesh P., Adv.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Singha, Adv.
Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR
Ms. Vanita Bhargava, Adv.
Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Adv.
Mr. Abhisaar Bairagi, Adv.
for
M/s. Khaitan & Co., Advs.
Mr. Harsh Kaushik, AOR
Mr. K. R. Sasiprabhu, AOR
Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR
Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Adv.
Ms. Nina Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Tushar Sharma, Adv.
Mr. Mudit Sharma, AOR
Ms. Palak Chadha, Adv.
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Mr. Nishe Rajan Shonker, Adv.
Mrs. Annu K. Joy, Adv.
Mr. Alam Anwar, Adv.
Mr. Reegan S. Bel, Adv.
Mr. Manav Vohra, Adv.
Mr. Krishna Dev J., Adv.
Mr. Amith Krishnan, Adv.
Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., Adv.
Ms. Svadha Shankar, Adv.
Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.
Ms. Anindita Pujari, Adv.
Ms. Kavita Bhardwaj, Adv.
Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv.
Mr. Fuzail Ahmed Ayubbi, Adv.
Ms. Mandakini Singh, Adv.
Mr. Sidhant Sharma, Adv.
Ms. Deepali Dwivedi, Adv.
Mr. Gaurave Bhargava, Adv.
Mr. Kuber Boddh, Adv.
Ms. Priyanka Aggarwal, Adv.
Mr. Nayandeep Singh Matta, Adv.
Mr. I. Mushtaq, Adv
Mr. J.M. Kalia, Adv.
Mr. Syed Jafar Alam, Adv.
Ms. Shivani Khandekar, Adv.
Mr. Aman Shukla, Adv.
Mr. B. Vivekananda, Adv.
Mr. Edward Belho, Adv.
Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.
Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv.
Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.
Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv.
Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv.
Mrs. G. Indira, Adv.
Mr. K.V. Vijayakumar, Adv.
Ms. Maitreyee Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv.
Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Adv.
Mr. Chitta Ranjan Mishra, Adv.
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Mr. Rahul Baid, Adv.
Mr. Sarthak Chaudhary, Adv.
Mr. S. Mukherjee, Adv.
Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv.
Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.
Ms. Haibam Babina, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Mr. A. Mariarputham, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv.
Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv.
Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv.
Mr. Soumitra G. Chaudhuri, Adv.
Mr. Chanchal K. Ganguli, Adv.
Ms. Shikha Aggrawal, Adv.
Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv.
Mr. Piysh Sachdeva, Adv.
Ms. Narmada, Adv.
Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh., Adv.
Ms. Naibam Babina, Adv.
Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Addl. Adv. Gen.
Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., Adv.
Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv.
Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv.
Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv.
Mr. Saikrisha Rajagopala, Adv.
Mr. Julien George, Adv.
Mr. Arjun Ranganathan, Adv.
Ms. Arundhati Gopal, Adv.
Ms. Vaneesha Jain, Adv.
Mr. Anirudh Wadhwa, Adv.
Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv.
Mr. M.P. Vinod, Adv.
Mr. Jayesh Gaurav, Adv.
Mr. Ratan Kumar Chaudhuri, Adv.
Mr. Sriram P., Adv.
Ms. Khushbu Jain, Adv.
Mr. Vishnu Shankar M.S., Adv.
Ms. Athira G. Nair, Adv.
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Mr. P.V. Surendranath, Sr. Adv.
Ms. Reimitha R. Chandran, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
Mr. Shyam Divan, learned senior counsel continued his arguments.
Matter be listed on Tuesday, the 30th January 2018 for further hearing.
(Subhash Chander) (H.S. Parasher) A.R.-cum-P.S. Assistant Registrar